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Registered charity · Norfolk

The Zoological Society of East Anglia Limited

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £6.2m (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Norfolk, Suffolk
Website
www.zsea.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Zoological Society of East Anglia Limited
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£6.2m£6.7m
  • 2023£7.2m£8.4m
  • 2022£7.3m£7.7m
Earlier years
  • 2021£8.6m£6.7m
  • 2020£6.3m£5.7m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

4.1.A FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ZOOLOGY AND RELATED SUBJECTS, BY:4.1.A.I INSPIRING STIMULATING ENCOURAGING AND SUSTAINING INTEREST AND ENTHUSIASM IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ZOOLOGY AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND STUDY OF ANIMALS AND OTHER WILDLIFE BY ESTABLISHING AND RUNNING ONE OR MORE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OR SIMILAR SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITIONS;4.1.A.II PROMOTING AND CARRYING OUT SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO ANIMALS AND OTHER WILDLIFE AND NATURAL HISTORY AND RELATED SCIENTIFIC FIELDS IN PARTICULAR WHERE SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH COULD HELP THE CONSERVATION OF SPECIES AND HABITATS AND THE MAINTENANCE AND RESTORATION OF NATURAL HABITATS AND PUBLISHING OR OTHERWISE DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;4.1.A.III INSPIRING AND ENGAGING WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO THE LIVING WORLD AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.4.1.B THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANIMAL WELFARE BY:4.1.B.I PROMOTING AND CARRYING OUT SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO ANIMALS AND OTHER WILDLIFE AND NATURAL HISTORY AND RELATED SCIENTIFIC FIELDS IN PARTICULAR WHERE SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH COULD HELP THE CONSERVATION OF SPECIES AND HABITATS AND THE MAINTENANCE AND RESTORATION OF NATURAL HABITATS;4.1.B.II PROMOTING AND CONTRIBUTING TO AND SUPPORTING THE CONSERVATION OF ANIMALS AND WILDLIFE AND IN PARTICULAR THREATENED SPECIES;4.1.B.III PROMOTING AND CONTRIBUTING TO AND SUPPORTING CONSERVATION PROGRAMMES BOTH IN SITU AND EX SITU;4.1.B.IV INSPIRING AND ENGAGING INTEREST OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ANIMALS AND WILDLIFE AND IN PARTICULAR THREATENED SPECIES;4.1.B.V PROMOTING AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONSERVATION OF ANIMALS AND OTHER WILDLIFE, BIODIVERSITY AND NATURAL HABITATS IN THE UK AND WORLDWIDE;4.1.B.VI THE APPROPRIATE BREEDING AND OR MAINTAINING OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS AND THREATENED SPECIES AND OTHER WILDLIFE;4.1.B.VII ESTABLISHING AND RUNNING ONE OR MORE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OR SIMILAR SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITIONS.4.1.C THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BY:4.1.C.I PROMOTING AND CONTRIBUTING TO AND SUPPORTING THE CONSERVATION OF ANIMALS AND OTHER WILDLIFE AND IN PARTICULAR THREATENED SPECIES;4.1.C.II INSPIRING AND ENGAGING INTEREST OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN CONSERVATION OF ANIMALS AND OTHER WILDLIFE AND IN PARTICULAR THREATENED SPECIES;4.1.C.III PROMOTING AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONSERVATION OF ANIMALS AND OTHER WILDLIFE, BIODIVERSITY AND NATURAL HABITATS IN THE UK AND WORLDWIDE;4.1.C.IV ENGAGING WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO THE LIVING WORLD AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;4.1.C.V PROMOTING AND CONTRIBUTING TO AND SUPPORTING CONSERVATION PROGRAMMES BOTH IN SITU AND EX SITU.4.1.D THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR SOLE DISCRETION DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Grants received

7 grants · £1,451,686 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £1,328,786 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £85,770 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £30,000 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £7,130

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002026-02-26
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £7,1302021-06-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £38,1202021-06-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £47,6502021-06-21
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £750,8532021-01-13
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

4.3y median 3y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Animals 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Education/training 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 6Professional services 3Business services 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£6.2m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.6 in 2020

172 from 190 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
2%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1150158
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 OCT 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05/12/2012 as amended on 30 Sep 2022 as amended on 30 Sep 2022
Companies House
Company number 08250951 · Active
Contact on the register
01953 887771 · info@zsea.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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